You say often you wish a library; here I gif you one; for between these two lids (he meant covers) is many books in one. Read him well, and he will help you much; for the study of character in this book will help you to read it in the world, and paint it with your pen.

Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution.

I wish I had no heart, it aches so.

I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.

But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.

During the fifteen minutes that followed, the proud and sensitive girl suffered a shame and pain which she never forgot. To others it might seem a ludicrous or trivial affair, but to her it was a hard experience, for during the twelve years of her life she had been governed by love alone

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.